[TowerTalk] Auto Issues and Question On TriEx WT-51

[John Simmons]

Apple does the same thing.

-de John NI0K

Don wrote on 4/20/2021 12:08 PM:
> Known as the AMFEA, Auto Mechanic Full Employment Act, this Act funds 
> the automakers to design and manufacture automobiles which deny the 
> average citizen the ability to do their own repair. This led to the 
> SQUAT Act, Special Quality and Unique Automotive Tools Act, in which 
> such tools are only available from the manufacturer at exorbitant prices.
>
> 100K Plug replacement on a Toyota Sienna - Last Quote from a Toyota 
> Dealer - $650
>
> Back to Towertalk - I am considering selling a spare used Triex WT-51 
> crankup tower. The tower was equipped with limit switches and 
> raising/lowering motor. I still have the motor/gear assembly and 
> switches. Switch installation would need redoing and new wiring. What 
> would be a reasonable price?
>
> Don W7WLL
>
>
> On 4/19/2021 9:15 PM, Wes wrote:
>> On 4/19/2021 3:04 PM, Lux, Jim wrote:
>>>
>>> At least the plugs are good for 100k miles thanks to emissions 
>>> requirements. Presumably, you'd combine it with something like a 
>>> timing belt replacement. 
>>
>> Regrettably, not true.  My 2018 VW GTI specifies a plug change at 40K 
>> miles, although I talked the service rep into extending it to 50K.  
>> So this "economy" car costs $250 every 40K for spark plugs, not to 
>> mention $300 to service the DCT, $100 oil change etc, etc...  A 
>> battery replacement, unless you use a nearly unobtainable factory 
>> part, requires programming the ECU to tell it how to charge the 
>> replacement.  I said the heck with it and paid the $200 for the 
>> factory part and waited a week for it.
>>
>> Then there is the dirty little secret about direct fuel injection 
>> (gas) engines.  Without fuel washing the backs of the intake valves 
>> and intake ports, crankcase ventilation deposits oil vapor on them 
>> and carbon builds, eventually choking off air flow. Fix is about 
>> $800+ @ 50-60 K miles.  I believe both Ford and Honda now use dual 
>> port and direct injection to overcome this.
>>
>> Wes  N7WS
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